Writing Resistance: Revolutionary memoirs of Shlissel´burg Prison, 1884-1906
Writing Resistance features three translations of memoirs written by political prisoners in Shlissel´burg Fortress near St Petersburg at the turn of the nineteenth century.
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'An impressive study ... Young's expertise in Russian literature and language is reflected in her skilful translations capturing the many nuances, registers and special meanings of words used by the inmates. Like all history books that offer important and original translations of sources with a handy glossary and meticulous bibliography, this publication would be a welcome reference in any library. However, Young has produced a book for anyone interested in narratives about resistance, resilience and renewal.' European History Quarterly
'Convey[s] a sense of squandered human potential.'
The Times Literary Supplement (TLS)
'The memoirs published by Young have not been republished in Russian since the 1920s, becoming a bibliographic rarity [and] the presentation of which to an English-speaking audience is an undoubted breakthrough in studying the history of the prisoners of the Shlisselburg Fortress.'Cahiers du Monde Russe
'Young has made a great contribution to prison literature with her translations, and her work would be of interest to academicians, researchers and students who are interested in carceral life of political prisoners during the Soviet Union.'
International Journal of Russian Studies
'Sarah Young has performed an exceptional service to the field of nineteenth-century studies by assembling this superb edition of three representative memoirs written by revolutionaries held in the Shlissel'burg prison under the Russian Empire's last two tsars, Aleksandr III and Nikolai II....Writing Resistance is an exceptional collection that will interest anyone who works on radical movements, prison reform and carceral issues, or even women's history in the nineteenth century. The collection raises important issues about the degree of continuity between nineteenth-century Russian carceral practices and the operations of the Soviet political confinement system.'
Nineteenth-Century Contexts
'Sarah J. Young's excellent collection of revolutionary memoirs from Shlissel'burg Prison provides a welcome addition to a range of scholarly fields, from history to carceral studies, translation and literature.'
Revolutionary Russia
